Select Plays; A Midsummer Night's DreamClarendon Press, 1879 - 147 pages |
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Page iii
... fairies danc'd upon the flowers , Hanging on every leaf an orient pearl . ' Malone pointed out that although no earlier edition is known of this anonymous comedy than that of 1600 yet Doctor Dodi- powle is mentioned by Nashe in 1596 ...
... fairies danc'd upon the flowers , Hanging on every leaf an orient pearl . ' Malone pointed out that although no earlier edition is known of this anonymous comedy than that of 1600 yet Doctor Dodi- powle is mentioned by Nashe in 1596 ...
Page xiv
... and if so , how can it be separated in such a manner from what precedes , that up to this point all is allegory and from this point all is fact ? The fairy mythology of Shakespeare in the Midsummer Night's Dream xiv PREFACE .
... and if so , how can it be separated in such a manner from what precedes , that up to this point all is allegory and from this point all is fact ? The fairy mythology of Shakespeare in the Midsummer Night's Dream xiv PREFACE .
Page xv
William Shakespeare. The fairy mythology of Shakespeare in the Midsummer Night's Dream is described by Keightley ( Fairy Mythology , p . 325 ) as an attempt to blend ' the Elves of the village with the Fays of romance . His Fairies agree ...
William Shakespeare. The fairy mythology of Shakespeare in the Midsummer Night's Dream is described by Keightley ( Fairy Mythology , p . 325 ) as an attempt to blend ' the Elves of the village with the Fays of romance . His Fairies agree ...
Page xvi
... Fairy land , ' in which Auberon is mentioned as the Fairy King . Keightley explains the origin of the name Titania , ' It was the belief of those days that the Fairies were the same as the classic Nymphs , the attendants of Diana ...
... Fairy land , ' in which Auberon is mentioned as the Fairy King . Keightley explains the origin of the name Titania , ' It was the belief of those days that the Fairies were the same as the classic Nymphs , the attendants of Diana ...
Page xvii
... fairy , and in Worcestershire we are told that the peasants are sometimes poake ledden , that is , misled by a ... fairies and spirits is Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft , first published in 1584. Of Robin Goodfellow he says ...
... fairy , and in Worcestershire we are told that the peasants are sometimes poake ledden , that is , misled by a ... fairies and spirits is Reginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft , first published in 1584. Of Robin Goodfellow he says ...
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